CVE-2013-1923 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1923?

CVE-2013-1923 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

rpc-gssd in nfs-utils before 1.2.8 performs reverse DNS resolution for server names during GSSAPI authentication, which might allow remote attackers to read otherwise-restricted files via DNS spoofing attacks.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1923?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux-Nfs Nfs-Utils.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1923?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1923 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1923 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2003-0252 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-2500 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2025-12801 Nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation Medium 6.5
• CVE-2019-3689 nfs-utils: root-owned files stored in insecure /var/lib/nfs directory Medium 5.1
• CVE-2011-1749 Denial of service in n/a Low 3.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1923, GHSA-xr88-75g2-cjj4, MGASA-2013-0178.